length of your commute each way

Mulger bill wrote:Good onya KC, it gets easier (and funner) with practice Seeing as you are doing so well and are a Kona Man, why not get yourself a Kona Honky Inc as a Xmas pressie? By all reports from members here, thay are a stunning ride, not to mention that they look amazing I love my 2yo Kona DewDrop commuter

Shaun

To be honest Iâ€™ve started to seriously think about my first Road Bike. First hurdle is to pay off my credit card but this is giving me time to 1) acquire fitness and confidence 2) learn exactly what I want / need and can afford.

eeksll wrote:holy smoke guys I thought I was hardcore doing 10 in and out rail hail or shine.

I probably wouldn't mind too much for a 20-30 km ride as long as a HUGE part of it was on a fast veloway/quiet road. I could use my roadie instead of my commuter. Hmmm but then again I stop/do things on the way home, so I need panniers most days.

crazy hardcore cyclists

I use a roadie, after my hybrid got wrecked. I actually just bought alone of those Topeak mtx quick release racks and bag with panniers from Evans. Finally getting the backpack off, and can take off the rack in about 2 secs when going for a serious ride.

Oh, and did the 36k commute again on Friday. Going to make it weekly over the school holidays, and I think.

Commute is 26km typically but I've been going an alternative route which takes it up to 50km... less time to ride on the weekends so trying to pick up the slack during the week. 4am wake-up isn't my favourite past-time but!

I think you need an extra couple of buttons. There would be many MANY here who's ride would be considerably longer than 15km.

I ride to work all work days all year. My full ride is 17km in, 18km on the way home via the usual detour. But as often as not I often drop a leg or two to reduce a trip either way down to as low as 5km each way, With extra riding outside of work I am averaging somewhere around 150km a week. My average commute would be somewhere between 15 and 20 I would guess. I know it takes me forever to get to and from!

27 km each way...average 216 km a week depending on how late i may finish work [my general rule of thumb is that if i finish work by 8.30 p.m i will ride home]...regardless i ride INTO work 4-5 times a week

Have only just in the last 2 weeks started to commute. 10years or so off the mountain bike, picked myself up a decent Cannondale CAAD 10.

I’ve got a second car only for the next week and started driving to about 7kms out of town and riding in. After about half a dozen rides I’m ready to push it out another couple of kms next week (up some big hills) and then when I no longer have the car will be commuting 12.5km each way every day, CBD to Mt Gravatt

Mine's 27km to work and 33.5km from work (between Ringwood North and Melbourne CBD). The longer home commute is because it's afternoon and I take some shared paths to avoid the traffic. The round-trip commute averages about 900m climbing, so I get plenty of hill-climbing done during the week.